Extraneous variable
light source
no because light from the light bulb is electrical and the sun is not
Source light is light coming directly from a light source/emitter (i.e. a light bulb, the sun, stars, etc.). Reflected light is light coming indirectly from the light source/emitter. That could be reflected, refracted light, etc.
blue light and red light make purple light
extraneous " not pertinent; irrelevant: an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration."
During the long, boring lecture, most people agreed that much of the information was extraneous.
Extraneous means 'coming from the outside'.
From biology 1: External stimulus, which comes from the environment outside an organism, include factors such as light and tempature.
The crowd's not entirely silent, but there's not too much extraneous talking.
One handy way to dodge a difficult question is to earnestly begin talking about something extraneous to it.
No. Sometimes they are both extraneous.
The lab technicians said that the stray hair found on the toilet seat was from a previous guest who'd stayed in the hotel room, and was totally extraneous to the investigation.Exactly what I saw that night, I'm not sure, but it was extraneous to this plane of existence, and it still gives me nightmares.All seem to make values depend on extraneous factors.Many people may not want all this extraneous software cluttering up their hard drive.
No. Essential means that the thing is very important; an "essence." Meanwhile, extraneous means that the thing is something "extra," and not needed.
Extraneous means extra and unnecessary. Extraneous solutions are values that can arise from the process of solving the equation but do not in fact satisfy the initial equation. These solutions occur most often when not all parts of the process of solving are not completely reversible - for example, if both sides of the equation are squared at some point.
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